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"The future of warfare lies in the streets, sewers, high-rise buildings, industrial parks & sprawls of houses, shacks & shelters that form the broken cities of our world. We will fight elsewhere, but not so often, rarely as reluctantly & never so brutally.
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Throughout my readings of urban warfare history the point is continually stressed that mortars are an important part of the urban fight. The video below shows a Ukrainian unit using them in Myrnohrad.
Thanks to @Bodbe6 for the post.
Omega FSG (Fire Support Group) During the Defense of the City of Myrnohrad, Fall 2025
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Here is my recent long, complex🧵discussing this particular subject, in which I discuss the advantages of mortars & some of the tactics employed in an urban environment:
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Long, complex🧵
Updated🧵on small mortars as a critical weapons system in urban warfare.
With thanks to my good friend @Zarelepotec for this post below.
1. Artillery must be used in urban operations but they do have some challenges when used in the urban environment.
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Regardless of whether it's an enemy sniper or just a defensive position, there is always a loss in momentum/tempo when they must be engaged/destroyed - even more so in the urban environment.
Thanks to @wartirnes for the post.
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83rd Infantry Division Hunting a German Sniper in Paramé (August 1944) 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Rare footage captures infantrymen from the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, engaging an isolated German sniper during intense urban combat on Rue de la Gardelle in Paramé, near Saint-Malo, Brittany, on August 8, 1944.
Part of the 83rd Division's drive westward after Omaha Beach toward the liberation of Saint-Malo, the action took place as American forces tightened their grip on the heavily defended port city. Moving cautiously through the streets under the constant threat of hidden enemy fire, these infantrymen faced the brutal realities of close-range urban warfare.
Digitally restored, enhanced, and presented with sound design to recreate how these moments may have looked and sounded at the time.
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My recently updated, long & complex🧵on enemy & friendly snipers in urban warfare discusses some of the challenges, mitigations & tactics when they are being used in this environment:
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Long, complex, updated🧵
With thanks to @DovesOfFreedom (stay safe fellas & Slava Ukraini) for the original video & @Stu_Lyle for making me aware of it.
This🧵: Snipers in urban operations.
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Thanks to @wartirnes for the post & video below; use it as a teaser & then go to Youtube & watch the short documentary produced by @BattleguideVT. Extensively well-researched with fantastic graphics & wonderfully narrated by British historian Dan Hill:
youtube.com/watch?v=o_Uhx1YI…
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When a Pershing Met a Panther: The Legendary Duel in Cologne 🇺🇸🇩🇪
At 2:00 PM on March 6, 1945, as the U.S. 3rd Armored Division advanced toward Cologne's city center, a German Panther ambushed Allied forces near the cathedral, knocking out a lead Sherman tank, killing two crewmen, and wounding the commander.
An M26 Pershing from Eagle Company was sent to deal with the threat. In a brief but legendary duel, gunner Corporal Clarence Smoyer fired three rounds into the Panther, knocking it out and forcing the crew to abandon the vehicle.
The entire encounter was captured on film by U.S. Army cameraman Jim Bates, preserving one of the most iconic tank engagements of World War II.
Digitally restored, enhanced, and presented with sound design to recreate how these moments may have looked and sounded at the time.
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Short🧵with photos & case studies attached.
Current events have thrown into sharp focus the need to understand urban warfare & its historical lessons learned.
May I suggest the following case studies from the @WarInstitute written by @SpencerGuard, @LiamSCollins & myself.
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14. Operation CAST LEAD, Gaza (27 December 2008-18 January 2009);
15. Shusha, Nagarno-Karabakh (02-09 November 2020);
16. Mumbai, India Terrorist Attacks ("26/11") (26-29 November 2008);
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17. Coming soon: Shanghai, China (13 August-26 November 1937).
mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warf…
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"By The Road To Rome
He'll Rest For All Eternity,
A Long, Long Way From Home."
– The statement written on both of the tombstones by the family of Trooper James Roy Hurst & Trooper Allister Richard Hurst, both brothers having served in the Ontario Regiment.
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James died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident 13 June 1944 (82 years ago today) age 20 during the Second World War (1939-1945). He is buried at Rome War Cemetery, Italy.
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Allister died from wounds 02 July 1944, age 21. He is buried at Assisi Commonwealth War Cemetery, Italy.
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"That Unselfish Life,
It Has Not Died."
– The statement written on the tombstone by the family of Pilot Officer Bernard Laird Tedford, Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in action 13 June 1943 (83 years ago today) age 23 during the Second World War (1939-1945).
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Pilot Officer Tedford is buried at Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery, Netherlands.
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Jayson Geroux retweeted
Jun 11
Urban combat in and around the buildings of the University of the Philippines in Manila, Feb. 21, 1945.
Pictured here are vehicles from the U.S. Army's 44th Tank Battalion and soldiers of the 148th Infantry Regiment.
Read: 'The Fight for Manila — Inside the Largest Urban Battle in U.S. Army History'
militaryhistorynow.com/2025/…
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